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Chris Benkendorf:
I watched your webcast regarding issues with Vista and your wanting to revert back to XP. My question is… what am I doing wrong or right? I feel as though I am the only one not having any real problems with Windows Vista, and I am running the 64-bit version. The only small issue I am having is that Adobe Flash Player does not have a 64-bit Flash Player, so I am running 32-bit Firefox to view flash-based websites. Visual Studio 2005 runs great, as does Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and all of my hardware. Most of the work I do on my platform is web design, software design and and putting together photo-based publications.
Hey man, if it’s working for you - great! By all means, don’t change a thing.
My NVidia 7300 GS graphics card runs well with WDDM drivers, and even my PCI video cards work better under Vista then they did in XP. I guess so far, I have been lucky with Vista. It even networks seamlessly with my XBOX 360. I HAVE been tempted many times to buy an iMac to reduce space being used in my home development studio, however, I have invested a lot of money in the PC I built for myself and the hardware I handpicked has always run very well. That being said, am I not the power user I thought I was? Do I not push Vista far enough to see what its problems are? Please fill me in. Many thanks.
If it ain’t broke for you - don’t fix it. You may be a different kind of power user, Chris. You use powerful software, and you may not care to change defaults, but when you start to look past the surface of Vista - you’ll quickly see its cracks. Vista isn’t horrible - but it really needs an SP1 before I could recommend it for everyone.
There’s more than a few users having Windows Vista Audio Problems:
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Pirillovision
November 30th, 1999
at 12:00am
t entirely ready to tell people to go out and buy Vista. If it’s a new system, then they’ll probably have a better time with Vista, but Chris does encourage people to wait until; Service Pack 1 comes out. Vista vs XP Switching from XP to Vista to XP Windows Vista: I’m BReaking Up With You If you want to install XP on the system you need to format the drive, and then install XP. If you install XP over Vista, it won
Audio Video Help
November 30th, 1999
at 12:00am
the past (just check out his blog), and he isn’t entirely ready to tell people to go out and buy Vista. If it’s a new system, then they’ll probably have a better time with Vista, but Chris does encourage people to wait until; Service Pack 1 comes out. Vista vs XPSwitching from XP to Vista to XPWindows Vista: I’m BReaking Up With You If you want to install XP on the system you need to format the drive, and then install XP. If you install XP over Vista, it won’t work properly.
Jan
June 13th, 2007
at 3:10pm
Vista is the worst thing I have experienced. I hate it.
4gigs.com » Blog Archive » Life After Vista
July 12th, 2007
at 7:21pm
[...] Chris Pirillo ended up going back to XP after a decent stint of using Vista, and while he’s perhaps been one of the more vocal switch-backer’s (is that even a word?), there’s been a steady chorus of people who have been uninstalling it. [...]
Vista audio and video drivers not available for older laptops? at Vista Review
July 27th, 2007
at 10:28am
[...] If you are wondering what some of the real-world problems with Microsoft Windows Vista are, you should read Chris Pirillo’s post (and video) about Vista vs. XP. [...]
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August 1st, 2007
at 8:36am
been black flagged on the last lap and I need a little help. I greatly appreciate any such help you can provide. Thanks for your time. windows audio, windows sounds Related Content:Creative Sound Windows Vista Audio WarningMicrosoft Windows VistaVista vs XPWindows Vista: Lipstick on a PigWho Needs Windows Vista?Copernic Desktop Search FeedbackWindows Vista LaunchSwitching from XP to Vista to XP to…?Windows Vista Internet ProblemsFile Sharing from Windows Vista to OS X
Mushiku» Blog Archive » Windows Vista vs Windows XP
August 16th, 2007
at 3:18pm
[...] Now that’s just a little information for you. If you want to learn more, visit some of these links: Windows Vista vs XP Video by Chris Pirillo Windows Vista vs XP Article by Chris Pirillo Windows Vista: Aero Glass performance hit in Games by FiringSquad [...]
D
September 6th, 2007
at 11:09am
What do you think about ubuntu linux I think it’s fairly better then vista in all aspects and may be you find it worth working for you.
The Geezer
September 23rd, 2007
at 11:15pm
I am 58 and have been steadily climbing the tech ladder for 15 years as a computer user who has tried out several hundred applications on all versions of Windows since 3.1 … I am really unhappy with Vista for all its flash and show it is not an advancement as the developers at Redmond seem to have forgotten the cardinal rule about “Ease of Use” … Vista is more than confusing and less than co-operative even for a relatively ‘experienced’ old Geek like me..
I should not have to jump through hoops and sort through a tree of different icons etc in order to perform a task or even just try to arrange some music in an easy to access and use library.
The OS sucks BIG TIME … I came by here by accident but felt like a ‘venting’ … forgive me … but I feel that at this stage of operations Microsoft should have so refined their OS so that we users can do things ‘intuitively’ and not have to literally go back to school …. I’m very unhappy very very unhappy … and Bill Gates knows damn well that this latest product is a dog in so many ways … He could do all the charity work in the world but if the next iteration of an OS from Redmond is not more user friendly with less “Flash’ for the sake of ‘Flash’ then I will have to consider retiring from using Windows and try something else.
Two cents — not called for I know … but I had to get it off my chest on behalf of a lot of us simple day to day users …
Denton
October 22nd, 2007
at 11:27pm
I’ve been using Vista for while now. Im a PC Gamer and I have not had any issues with it what so ever. Alot of peoople are complaining that Vista uses alot of memory, well first of all if you want more features and a newer OS your gonna have to upgrade your memory. Memory is cheap that you can afford to put at least 2 gigs of memory in your system .
For short I think Vista is awsome and a good upgrade from XP, plus too if you run XP you wont be able to run DX10 on the new upcoming games. Plus too Vista SP1 has DX10.1 in it. Which is in sure gonna fix alot of the issues with video.
And He Blogs
October 26th, 2007
at 8:15pm
(2GB is my recommendation). I know people are having driver issues with it. That’s not all Microsoft’s fault. Companies had a year before Vista shipped to address that. However, Microsoft changed some fundamental handling of the audio hardware andit’s wreaking havoc. I need audio to work right in several programs. I don’t even care who is to blame right now. I need the programs to run. Is Vista Ultimate the problem? I have Vista Enterprise available to me. The Camtasia issue is the one that might push me back to
kjandersen
November 29th, 2007
at 4:34am
I do IT work for my employer and freelance at home. I build systems for charity and I was a beta tester for Vista and my opinion stands at: Vista is a lesser value than XP and will be the best advertisement for Linux, to date. My customers ask me to get Vista off their machines and even the state offices are saying no to Vista. On my personal machine, when the beta test was done, bang, it was removed. I found the speed, useability and compatability were sorely lacking. A couple of visual differences do not justify the overhead. My next operating system will be Linux based, where I choose how to use my machine. Best of luck to those buying into the Vista blitz. There just are not enough utilities to fix Vista, for me.